diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/icedtea-web/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/icedtea-web/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9123aaa988cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/icedtea-web/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, jdk, gtk2, xulrunner, zip, pkgconfig, perl, npapi_sdk }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "icedtea-web-${version}";
+
+  version = "1.4.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://icedtea.wildebeest.org/download/source/${name}.tar.gz";
+
+    sha256 = "0bfw4icxjfkdxqmiqgp9lfs1ca9rydl57g3yhlxrif0fpzyyb3fl";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ gtk2 xulrunner zip pkgconfig npapi_sdk ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    substituteInPlace javac.in --replace '#!/usr/bin/perl' '#!${perl}/bin/perl'
+  '';
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--with-jdk-home=${jdk}"
+  ];
+
+  mozillaPlugin = "/lib";
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Java web browser plugin and an implementation of Java Web Start";
+    longDescription = ''
+      A Free Software web browser plugin running applets written in the Java
+      programming language and an implementation of Java Web Start, originally
+      based on the NetX project.
+    '';
+    homepage = http://icedtea.classpath.org/wiki/IcedTea-Web;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ wizeman ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 89a94c592135..81d975f8b246 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2795,6 +2795,10 @@ let
     { description = "Free Java runtime environment based on OpenJDK 7.0 and the IcedTea project"; }
     pkgs.icedtea7_jdk.jre)) // { outputs = [ "jre" ]; };
 
+  icedtea7_web = callPackage ../development/compilers/icedtea-web {
+    jdk = "${icedtea7_jdk}/lib/icedtea";
+  };
+
   ikarus = callPackage ../development/compilers/ikarus { };
 
   hugs = callPackage ../development/compilers/hugs { };